wildfires
My midnight naked swim
Provence The tiny village of Correns, two villages along, suffered more in the recent fires than we did. Even the…
My cave house’s wonderful history
Provence Looking back on it, apart from this year’s wildfires, the stultifying heat of high summer in Provence isn’t so…
A toast to the heroic French firefighters
Provence ‘Imbeciles! I told them! When the fire comes on the hill there, it always goes that way… did they…
Did someone say climate change?
As seen in the Daily Telegraph I am sitting in my living room watching Songs of Praise, when a sudden…
The fall of AI’s shooting star
Situational Awareness is a hedge fund that has just taken a spectacular dive. Its name was adopted from the title…
Tears and terror on the front line of the French wildfires
Provence As soon as I opened my front door I could smell it. Along the path, flakes of white ash…
Won’t someone please think of the French wine?
There was something surreal about my visit to La Cité du Vin, Bordeaux’s wine museum, last Saturday. From the top…
The unspoken truth about wildfires
Bordeaux and Madrid are threatened by flames. In Sicily, arsonists tied burning rags to the tails of cats to spread…
Spain’s response to wildfires has been infuriating
From my home in Ávila I usually have a splendid view of the ancient town’s medieval walls. But yesterday morning…
Labour’s class war on moorland
This year has been a bad one for wildfires in Britain. In June, nearly 30,000 acres burned near Carrbridge in…
Which were the most destructive fires in history?
Swing states Where would Canada and Greenland rank if they became US states? – Canada would be, by far, the…
Am I a MAGA icon?
‘Traitor!’ the woman yelled at me the instant I entered the beautifully decorated living room of a famous actress. It…
The Greek wildfires and the failings of the state
The wildfires raging across Greece for what is by now more than a week, show no sign of abating. High…
Fight fire with fire: controlled burning could have protected Australia
Sydney By modern standards, my grandfather would probably be considered an environmental criminal. To clear land for his farmhouse in…
Midlife crisis in Montana
For Joanna Pocock, a midlife crisis is the moment in which ‘bored of the rhythm of our days, whatever those…
Portrait of the week
Home Tom Hayes, aged 35, a former City trader who rigged the Libor rates daily for nearly four years while…
